Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Framed: 49 1/4 × 38 × 2 1/2 inches (125.1 × 96.52 × 6.35 cm)
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Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1871, no. 302.
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Winter 1892, no. 162.
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William Ward, 11th Baron Ward and 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885), Dudley House, London, by 1871-1885;
By descent to his son, William H. Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1869-1932), 1885-June 25, 1892;
Purchased at his sale, The Highly Important Gallery of Pictures of the Late Rt. Hon. Earl of Dudley, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 25, 1892, lot 56, by J. and W. Vokins, London;
Edward Steinkopff (1837-1906), London and Lydhurst, Waringlid, Haywards Heath, Sussex, by 1906;
By descent to his daughter, Mary Margaret (née Steinkopff, 1862-1933) Stewart-Mackenzie, Baroness Seaforth, Brahan Castle, Ross-shire, Scotland, 1906-1933;
By descent to the Steinkopff trustees, 1933-May 24, 1935;
Purchased at their sale, Ancient and Modern Pictures and Drawings Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Estate of the late Edward Steinkopff, Esq., Christie’s, London, May 24, 1935, lot 74, by A. de Casseres [1];
With Howard Young Galleries, New York, by 1935 [2];
With Paul Drey Gallery, New York, by May 1938-1939 [3];
Purchased from Drey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1939.
NOTES:
[1] This is presumably Arthur de Casseres, a dealer with a shop at 27 St. James’s Street, London.
[2] According to an annotation on a photograph in the Frick Art Reference Library, New York.
[3] Nelson-Atkins Director Paul Gardner first saw this painting at Paul Drey Gallery in May 1938, as recorded in the Nelson-Atkins Archives, Trustees Minutes, August 29, 1938.
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